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South Africa is peppered with plumes of smoke in this view from the International Space Station. "The continent of fires," ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted. "We can see thousands of bush fires every time we fly over the southern part of Africa."

SpaceX recently invited reporters to its headquarters to take a look at the new Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled to start flying astronauts to and from the space station next year. Here's what Space.com's Mike Wall saw.
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NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, beaming back spectacular pictures of the largest planet in our solar system. See those amazing Jupiter photos in our mission gallery here.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched on a mission to touch the sun on Aug. 12, 2018, riding atop a ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. See photos from the dazzling nighttime launch here!
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Dangerous, deadly and destructive wildfires have churned through California in the summer of 2018. Here are some dramatic views of these blazes from high above as seen by astronauts and cosmonauts in space.
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Boeing's CST-100 Starliner is a 21st century space capsule designed to launch NASA astronauts into orbit on commercial trips to the International Space Station and beyond. See photos of how it works here.
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